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CNN backs Chris Cuomo after caught-on-video confrontation

President Trump added his voice to the fray, tweeting that Cuomo 'totally lost it.' While a CNN spokesperson called the video an 'orchestrated setup.'

Author: Associated Press

Published: 11:35 AM EDT August 13, 2019

Updated: 2:19 PM EDT August 13, 2019

NEW YORK — CNN says it completely supports anchor Chris Cuomo after he was seen on video threatening to push a man down some stairs during a confrontation after the man apparently called him "Fredo," in a seeming reference to the "Godfather" movies.

The video appeared Monday on a conservative YouTube channel. Host Brandon Recor told The Washington Post the exchange happened Sunday at a bar in Shelter Island, New York, after a man approached Cuomo for a picture. The man made the video.

It doesn't show the "Fredo" reference but depicts Cuomo's profanity-laced reaction as he characterizes the comment as an anti-Italian slur. The man says he thought "Fredo" was Cuomo's name.